House Of Blues, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Opening bands: Bif Naked, New American Shame
Ten years after my first (disappointing) Cult concert, I was to experience the
best concert of my life. The Cult arrived on a dark stage with "Duel of the Fates"
playing. (music from Star Wars Ep.1 lightsaber duel) They then broke into Lil'
Devil and played through most of their greatest hits. (High Octane album) The
crowd was starved for all they could get. Sensing this, Ian responded by summoning
his shamen energy and broke down the walls between crowd and artist. I was surprised
that so many younger people were able to sing along with all the older hits. A true
testimony to the appeal of the music. I believe that Ian has come to realize the love
the fans have for the Cult's work. Let's hope that they can cut a new recording and
not succumb to the lifestyle of fame.
Paul Edmonson - pauledmonson@yahoo.com
Amazing show last night here in Myrtle Beach. Only one problem though - a friend of
mine asked The Cult's lighting engineer for a set list and the man become extremely
hostile and spat in my friends face. Having worked in the music business for over
ten years now, I know that most bands would not want to be represented by someone
who behaves like that. Seems to me that someone's forgotten that the fans are the
reason that the Cult is out touring right now... Again, a great show with an
unfortunately sour last note.
Rob Gainer - elecmainln@aol.com
I can't say much that hasn't already been said. The setlist was the same and the
show was amazing. I was also at the Chicago show which was great but this one was
even better. Near the end of Sweet Soul Sister, they just started jamming
and Ian improvised some lyrics about South Carolina. Then during The Phoenix,
Martyn did a bass solo that was really cool. The crowd was incredibly excited,
screaming our heads off and dancing. Thankfully there was very little pushing and
no stage diving. Not that I really mind stage diving but it was nice being able to
enjoy the show without having to worry about a kick in the head! Ian and Billy
really seemed to enjoy the crowd and they each repeatedly came down to the very edge
of the stage which got everyone even more excited. Ian reached out and shook a lot
of hands several times, including mine. I wasn't able to catch Ian's tambourine but
I did manage to snag a bra he threw back into the crowd. Size 40D! Wow! It later
ended up on another girl's head! The highlights of the night for me were In The
Clouds, The Witch and The Phoenix. When I met my wife 4.5 years
ago she had never heard of the Cult (she likes Sting) but she said it was the best
show she's ever been to and I have to agree!
Jason Nichols - sunking@med.unc.edu
Since THE CULT didn't plan on coming to Florida, I did the next best thing and
drove my happy ass 6 1/2 to Mrtyle Beach. I got to the show at about 6:30pm,
just in time to change and check out what was going outside behind the venue. In the
first 20 minutes of arriving I got my picture taken with Ian Astbury himself! I met a
fellow CULT fan from Florida in the parking lot minutes before the encounter with
Ian. I gave Ian some pictures I had taken of him at one of the HOLY BARBARIANS
shows in Florida. He seemed very excited because a few of the pictures had his
son Dusty in them. I was very happy to give him the pictures and glad that he was
happy to receive them. The fellow CULT fan I meet was also shocked that we got our
pictures taken with Ian so quickly and even before the show. We both (David and I)
deceided to hang out and check out the venue, since this was both of our first times
at The House of Blues in South Carolina. The Opening Band New American Shame
was pretty damn impressive. It was very apparent that A/C D/C is there major
influence, down the the guitarist head shaken. We managed to get to about the
third row in front of the stage. We both couldn't believe that we were about to witness
THE CULT live! The last time either one of us saw THE CULT live was 7 1/2 years ago.
I had planned on seeing them back in 1995 in Florida, but as everyone knows, they broke
up. Too much pressure to wait, we were standing on edge waiting and waiting as the lights
went down and the in house annoucer started with the rules. It was just about that time.
All the members came out on stage except for Ian. Matt stood behind his drum set with
the biggest grin as the crowd screammed for them to KICK MAJOR ASS! Ian jumped out on
stage picked up his tamborine and greeted the crowd, Lil' Devil was the starter.
The set list was the same as the other shows. The crowd was so into it, jumping up and
down screaming and yelling. The average age of the crowd had to have been at least 27-30.
I felt like I was at a high school reunioun. Ian was very happy to be there. His hair
had grown back to the commanding length that it use to be. His preformance on stage
reminded me of Jim Morrison, very GOD like. During one of the last songs in the set
Ian throw up his tamborine and it landed on Matts drum set. Matt seemed kinda pissed
and threw the tamborine on to the ground smashing it into bits! The both laughed it off!
The whole concert was incredible! Every song, not just one, was the absolute best! After
the show I attempted to get one of the set lists. The stage guys seemed to focus there
attention on any female that would walk and talk in front of them. I didn't score the
set list but I did get a piece of the broken tamborine that Matt smashed! They started
asking everyone to leave so we managed to get back to the entrance of the club. I spoke
with Jimmy the lead gataurist of New American Shame. Real nice guy, he had one back
stage pass left for one lucky lady. I tired to help him pick the right one! There was one
women, and let me tell you OUCH! She had just purchased the baby doll CULT shirt and
she look YUMMY! I tired to convience him to give it to her, but she had a man with her.
:( Too bad. Oh well, now we had to get to the back of the club and wait for the guys to
come out. Eventually they all did. I got my pictures taken with all of the other band
mates. What an adventure and Atlanta was on my things to do for the next day! NO sleep
and a 6 to 7 hour drive ahead of me and I am on PURE CULT ADRENILINE HIGH! HOTLANTA
HER WE COME!
Steven Holland - sholland@rocketmail.com
Well I finally got to see the cult live and I will give you good points and bad, it
was a packed house at the House Of Blues in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and I was
in the front row, The Cult sounded incredible Ian was on it, but Billy lacked any
charisma or personality, he was just going through the motions, at one point Ian
threw his tamborine in the air and it landed in Matt's drum section, Matt got pissed
off and threw it at the floor full force, which it bounced and hit me straight in the
forehead and then hit the person next to me, very uncool!!! and immature, I was
looking for the tamborine desperatly to beam the hell at the little boy Matt Sorum who
would ruin my lifelong goal to see The Cult, just so you know I'm not a violent person,
but the tamborine was no where around, and I left early, thanks Matt for almost ruining
the whole show.
christian bledsoe - cble573901@aol.com
Small venue made for a superb show. Standing room only!! Ian mentioned (several times)
the recording of a new album.
Roger Williams - rdwilliamsjr@usa.net
Just happened to be in the town for the show. IT was wonderful! Have loved them since
the early 80's and it was great to see them again!
Dina - timndina@wv.comscape.net
It was my first Cult show in about 5 years. I had never seen them in a venue that
small before. At the start of the song The Witch, which I had never seen live
before, Ian threw his tambourine at Matt Sorum. In retaliation Matt stood up on his
drum base and threw it back at him. It hit the floor and all the jangles flew off.
Billy grabbed Ian and got the song back on track. Great show. Drove to Atlanta the
next day for the show at the Tabernacle. Awesome!
Billy White
Setlist
Lil' Devil
Sun King
Rain
In The Clouds
Edie (Ciao Baby)
Fire Woman
The Witch
Peace Dog
New York City
Revolution
Sweet Soul Sister
Wild Flower
She Sells Sanctuary
Encore
Phoenix
Love Removal Machine